Granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 30, 2014, for service connection for depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's attorney argued that the December 30, 2014 medical record should serve as the date of receipt of this claim for service connection for a depressive disorder. The Board accepted this argument and granted the effective date in full.
- Claimed conditions
- Depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- February 11, 2025
- Citation
- A25012771
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